Importance of Occlumency

[goonie8803]

No: HPFGUIDX 172415

Elvishooked:
Wondering just why Dumbledore found it so important that Harry learn
occlumency and thereby closing his mind to LV.

Goonie8803:

I wondered the same thing, and this is what I came up with: Maybe
because DD knew LV would eventually find out the connection was there,
and use it to lure Harry to the Dept of Mysteries to save Sirius (who,
of course, wasn't there yet), and therefore find the prophecy and take
it, because LV couldn't get it himself, and no one else could get it
for him.  And in DH, all the other people he really cared about were
either with him, dead, or else in a place protected from LV and the
Death Eaters.

But I also wondered: Why would LV re-open the connection, when he
closed it for so long after the Dept of Mysteries battle?  You'd think
he'd want to keep it closed so Harry couldn't know where the Horcruxes
were.  He must have known it was only a matter of time before Harry
learned about them and set out to destory them.  After all, he heard
the last part of the prophecy: Neither can live while the other
survives (or something like that).  He knew Harry wasn't just going to
sit around and wait for LV to come after him--he was going to look for
a way to kill him first.

But then, maybe LV re-opened it so that Harry WOULD come, and LV
figured they'd meet up along the way.

Thoughts?