your greatest hope

[Hans Andréa]

No: HPFGUIDX 121382

In post 121299 I wrote:

>I'd like to ask the question, "What is your GREATEST HOPE about how the
series will end?" I have thought about this and have an answer, but I'd
really like to know what you all think first.<

Thanks to the people who responded. I enjoyed reading their answers,
particularly Tonks':

>My greatest hope is for the series as a whole. That when it is over 
people don't just put it on the shelf and go on to the next thing, 
like an old toy. I hope there is a strong moral teaching that sinks 
in deeply into the subconscious mind of each reader and that will 
inspire the youth around the world to make the world a better place 
in their time. I have very high hopes, not realist I guess but that 
is my hope anyway.< 

That certainly would be great, I agree. But I don't think that's being
unrealistic. I share your hope, but I hope for a lot more as well!

Here's my own answer to my question, as promised:

My answer is that people wake up to the supernal message hidden in Harry
Potter. I hope fervently that somehow millions of people will realise with
startling clarity what Harry Potter is saying. It would fill me with the
most intense happiness for many years if people realised that everyone has
Harry inside their heart; that Harry is demonstrating a process of spiritual
development that everyone can put into practice. My happiness for the
spiritual progress of all of humanity would be so intense I don't know if I
could bear it, if millions of people suddenly had that moment that Harry had
in book 3, when he was waiting for his father to turn up to drive off the
dementors:

'A terrified excitement shot through him -- any moment now --
"Come on!" he muttered, staring about. "Where are you? Dad, come on --"
But no one came. Harry raised his head to look at the circle of dementors
across the lake. One of them was lowering its hood. It was time for the
rescuer to appear -- but no one was coming to help this time -- And then it
hit him -- he understood. He hadn't seen his father -- he had seen himself -
Harry flung himself out from behind the bush and pulled out his wand.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" he yelled.
And out of the end of his wand burst, not a shapeless cloud of mist, but a
blinding, dazzling, silver animal.'

To me this is one of the greatest highlights in all the books so far. And it
was really superbly done in the film. This is what I want for the world: the
realisation that it's pointless to wait for a saviour to help us out of the
mess. The power, the strength, and the courage to "save the world" are
within each of us, and their name is: Harry Potter!

I hope Jo will make the end so powerful, and at the same time so clear and
so obvious that Harry Potter is about self-liberation, that history will
literally be changed.

If we can really believe that Harry can be born inside us, then there need
be no fear about going "cold turkey" when we've read the last page of Book
7. Harry will be there inside our heart, growing stronger every day, taking
us on a journey that will take millions of years, but that will lead towards
the ultimate purpose of creation: unification with the Potter of the
universe, living for ever in a perfect universe where love is the essence of
everything, and where there is no suffering, sorrow or death, but an
everlasting youth, increasing in beauty, joy and selfless dedication to the
happiness of others.

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Hans Andra 
see you at Harry Potter for Seekers 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harrypotterforseekers/
 




	
	
		
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