What's in the locked room?

[lovegrrl]

No: HPFGUIDX 89253

I am newish to this group and have spent some time lurking around before I
had to make a little comment on the whole 'locked door' debate.



Firstly, a lot of people are saying that they think Life is behind the
locked door...



Kneasy:
>It's Life.
>It's what Lily gave to Harry with her sacrifice.
>"Ah!" you may say, "but Voldy wants to be immortal. How can Harry be
>the opposite?"
>Life is a lot more than avoiding death.
>
>Think about it; it's Life-force vs. Death Eaters.



David:

>Life is the obvious (!) counterpoint to death, with which Dumbledore
>compares the contents of the room.



lovegrrl:

Life is *not* the opposite of Death. Birth is the opposite of Death. Life
doesn't have an opposite. There's just Life.



Personally, I think Love is behind the door. Truth is a possibility but as
many have said already it is almost impossible to define exactly what we
mean by truth... and the reason the door is locked is because the one thing
that (most) people crave above all else is Love. We would give up all the
powers contained in the other rooms in the MoM just to have a peek at Love.
We would even give our lives (as Lily - and Sirius - did) to protect those
we love. It is the reason we sacrifice ourselves. The other rooms we can
enter into quite easily. Death is even played out for us on a stage... but
Love is open only to a precious few.



If you need more persuasion look at this quote from Gandhi: "Whenever I
despair, I remember that the way of truth and *love* has always won. There
may be tyrants and murderers [read Voldemort], and for a time, they may seem
invincible, but in the end, they always fail. Think of it: always."





lovegrrl, who wants to know what everyone thinks of Luna Lovegood and her
sudden appearance.