Behind the Locked Door...Self Sacrifice

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 127638


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tinglinger" <tinglinger at y...> 
wrote:

mallrat42g:
 What is behind that door? Truth? Wisdom? Love? Does anyone 
> have a logical answer?
 
tinglinger:

> Self Sacrifice

> Harry is always willing to put others before himself, a trait he
> inherited from his mother. It also is one of the reasons he is not
> cut out for Slytherin, as Phineas Nigellus tells Harry that all
> Slytherins are self serving and put their own interest above
> others {canon somewhere in OOP}. Does anyone here seriously think
> for a second that Voldemort would sacrifice himself to save a 
> Death Eater?
 
> The self sacrifice attribute is nowhere near as common as the
> self serving one, and will not be found in Slytherin, but is as
> much a part of Harry as his mom is. 

Geoff:
Thinking along a similar line to Kemper,
"Greater love has no-one than this, that he lay down his life for his
friends."

(John 15:13)

So self sacrifice equates with love - real, deep agape love.