Could You Escape From a Great White?

This story is true-to-life.

You're in open ocean.

You're many miles from shore.

You're just minding your own business, feeling your regular playful self.

You are, in fact, a seal.

Two hundred pounds of blubber . . . very gainly on land, but an acrobat extraordinaire underwater.

But you're no match for a Great White Shark.

Your speed can't match his.

Your size can't even begin to be compared to his (he's 10x larger).

And you, my friend, are his favorite snack.

And suddenly he's just there, a massive torpedo from out of the depths, rows of razor teeth just inches from your tail.

There's nowhere for you to hide . . . no matter how much you zig and zag.

The ocean bottom's too deep.

The shore's too far away.

And his teeth are far too close.

Do you believe all is lost?

Do you believe all is lost in possibly another major challenge in your life?

Would you just give up?

Or could there possibly be a way out?

Share your answer in the Comments Box below.

The first person to guess the only possible way for you, as a seal, to escape from the teeth of a Great White Shark in open ocean wins a f'r'e^e 40-minute coaching session with me.

Can you figure it out?

To be honest, I never would have come up with the answer myself if I hadn't seen it with my own disbelieving eyes on television.

But, as with all of your most difficult challenges in life, there is always another way to look at things . . . another way to approach a situation . . . another way to find your way out of it.

Share one of your own such stories on how you solved a problem. . . overcame a challenge . . . healed a wound . . . by doing something that took a little shift of consciousness, a little leap of faith.

Very likely there will be at least one person of the thousands of people around the world who will read what you write in the Comments Box below, and who will discover you have provided a solution for a very tough situation they are facing.

Make this blessing happen for yourself and for them.

Light a light.

Extend a hand.

And while you're helping your brother and sister Wealthy Souls with your inspiring personal story, see if you can figure out the only way for you, as a seal, to escape from becoming a Great White's Munchie by sharing your thoughts now in the Comments Box below -

A Great White Hug (with no teeth!)
Michael

Comments

[JohnPaulMa. Villanueva]

God is at my side always. If God is for us, who can be against us. I ve experienced the saving power of God thru His Wisdom. He told me where to go and consult. A famous nutritionist, named Maureen Sullivan, LITE FOR LIFE. After 6 weeks, I lost 20 lbs and my diabetes is gone. Can you imagine that. I am free from my blood sugar ailment thru person in the power of Jesus and Mama Mary. The dietician is a devotee of MaMa Mary.
At present , i am freed from the Great White of diabetes and I am sure, with proper eating habit and the correct food and exercise I will go on lite for life..Praise the Lord!!!

[Ken]

Answer:

The Seal by staying close to the shark's huge head and positioning itself behind the shark's mouth with its five rows of serrated teeth, the seal does not allow the shark enough space to line up head on where it can sink it's teeth into the seal.

[sophia]

WOW! I do the only thing I can do! I gather my courage and meet the shark head on-I drop from above and even though my heart is pounding I dive, dive, dive and torpedo the shark right between the eyes - not once, not twice, but until the shark is bamboozled by ITS inablility to understand what has happened. Yeah! shark retreats and I make a quick dash for home.

[Magdalene]

You go at it face on.....look it straight in the eyes...like most challenges or problems....go at it straight on!!!! Show no fear!!!!

[Denise]

I would recognize my strength is in my agility and I would climb onto the sharks back out of reach of his jaws

[BJ]

stay out of it's line of sight ... stay at it's back where it has a difficult time seeing ...

[Ruth Ann Harnisch]

Larry Butcher lived downstairs. He was chasing me on his tricycle. I yelled to my mother, who poked her head out of the upstairs window and yelled, "Turn around and go the other way! Then you'll be chasing him!"
Learned that one at age 4, and I'm 56 now.

[Dave Gilroy]

Look it in the eye...face it head on.

[Darrell Brown]

I lay perfectly still in the water, leaving the shark with only his poor eyesite to find me.

[Sandra]

Because I am smaller and quicker than the shark, I am able to bomb dive him from above and on top of his head, stunning him while I make a run for cover.

[Jacki]

Let go and Let God. Best escape I know of from lots of great white things.

[Mary]

I would allow myself with all my blubber and bouyancy (one of my natural attributes of course) to catch a wave and ride with the wind(life's events) diverting the shark's attack.

[Bean]

Rather than waste the energy of getting away from the Great White, I would swim alongside of the shark out of eyesight. Drafting, sort of utilizing it's swimming strength so that I wouldn't have to work as hard. My hope would be something larger would catch it's attention and I would be able to swim away unscathed.

[Rupert]

I would chase the sharks tail until he got tired chasing me, then I would swim away to safety.

[L.Rhea]

I would rise above the situation - by rising above the white whale at the moment that he plans to have me for dinner. By landing on his blow hole,his weakness will be my strengh - plus I'll enjoy the ride - and soon he will be my favorite meal.

[char]

I would look face the shark, say my prayers of gratitude for my life and trust the wisdom of the universe that my life would continue eternally regardless of the form it took. Whether I escaped unscathed or became his dinner, I would always cherish the gift of life that I have and be grateful for the many blessings I receive every moment.

[Marguerite Tennier]

Turn belly up and play dead to avoid the shark!!!

[Tomas]

I didn’t see a shark, however I had a dog. The beasts differ between, but the principal is the same. The animals perfectly know who fears them and who not. If I will meet the shark someday, I would say the same as to the barking dog, Hi, my dear fellow. The hearty smile is one and only our weapon against the evil forces, against our own disbelief in the magic of love and the light.
There are no sharks in Lithuania, but the dogs bark dangerously IN CASE WE FEAR THEM.
That’s no wonder: The God is with us and the divine love creates the incredible miracles. For example, my head bones were broken and I walked literally on the edge of the death for a long time, yet I am writing to you now, my dear. Plus I hearty invite you to visit my art galleries on the web. Please click on the http://www.trans4mind.com/karkalas and feel yourself there as at the home.

[Wanda]

I ,too, would face the great white head on and believe that if my time has come then it will soon be over. If not, then God will provide for me.

[Madlen]

I think this is a good opportunity to tell others how important it is to have a good relationship with GOD. Great White Sharcks are all over, only GOD knows and only he tells us how AVOID thinks like this through his Word,in scriptures of the B I B L E. When danger is around he prepares a plan for us, in his own way, that we never can even immagen we need to trust in GOD because HE is ALLMIGHTY, HE created us and this world HE sees the future, HE never lies or tries us, he loves us this is why he send his only begothen SON to us to teach more about GOD and die for us. The only thing that we can do stick with HIM and do everithing HE says that he can know you when time comes. If you know GOD and he knows you, you will have relationship together and you will be safest, happiest person in the universe.
This reminds me a story that I heard when I was little.
There was a flood in a city and everybody was runing away exept the priest that was preying inside the charch for GOD to save him. A man came with boat and called him, Father lets go water is rising, I'll take you to the safety. Father says, No,my God will help me I'll stay in the charch, and he continued praying. Water was realy rising so fast, the man left. The priest climbed in the top of the roof and was preying for GOD to save him. And then a helicopter came and a man yelled to priest to go with him says this is your last chance everybody else left but the Father says, No, my GOD will help me. Ofcaurs the water covered the roof and priest drouned. Then he saw the GOD and asked "GOD why you didn't help me when I desperetely was crying and praying for your help I so beleaved in YOU. And GOD sead, "I sended a boat yau didn't go, I sended a helicopter you didn't go.

[TM]

Well others have written this but I will add ...to stay perfectly calm, still, stop beathing as in a meditative state and go with the flow of the ocean waves... The shark will be looking for moving targets I think. Being calm might not give out vibration to attract it. Having the grace to go with the flow and stay calm I think is the way to escape .. No reaction to the action of the shark swimming towards you..

swim straight at his eyes.

[Ghazal]

I imidiatly refuse to give up and become powerless.Instead i use the power of my mind,my positive thoughts and belief system that i can overcome any challenges in life,even the great white shark.

[Imelda Duffy]

Does the seal turn belly-up and 'surrender'?

There have been many times in my life when a problem seemed too overwhelming. At these times, not knowing what else to do, I have surrendered: turned 'belly-up' and simply told the Universe, "Guys, I can't handle this on my own, it's over to you!"

[Ghazal]

I immediately refuse to give up to become powerless.Instead i use the power of my mind,my posittive thoughts and believe system that i can overcome any challenges in life,even the great white Shark.

[Neera]

I think the smart thing to do would be to get under the belly of the shark and stay there, manouevering oneself according to the movement of the shark, thus hiding oneself away from danger constantly making movements according to it and then finding the chance slip away unnoticed.

[katy keisler]

I am a diasbetic for over 20 years that is my great white. five years ago I had a wonderful life and a wonderful job as a legal research secretary. Then I hurt my first right toe. I ended up having the toe surgically removed. This began a chain of infections in my system that has led to the loss of my vision I an now statutory blind. and I have lost both legs to infections and a series of 6 surgeries. Had I been told when this all began that I would be having a wonderful day just 3 wekks before my 63 birthday I would never have believed it. The Lord has been at my side through all the hospital stays and all my recovery and has given me many wonder opportunities to serve Him. I am able through touching to sew and may clothes for small children around the world through the church humanitarian work. I also make quilts not the fancy ones that were made of old but just simple lap quilts. I am able through the efforts of my many ministering angels in the church to have a computer that enlarges print so I can read and do geneaologic research and wonderful time consuming effort. The Lord has so richly blessed me and all that I do. I have a wonderful life as Katy the legless.

[Jose Damaso Ramon]

As far as I know great whites have teeth under his head, so the idea is to go in his direction but being an acrobat I would go over the upper side of the white.

[susan]

I breathe, try to think of the answers and remember that I am not alone. I am loved, I have hope and I can face this right now. I swim closer to the danger to stay out of sight and avoid allowing the monster to follow my scent and smell my fear while I plan and pray and live.

[virginia]

I have just read some of the Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren here on vacation in NYC , and realize that it is never about me, but more about the Spirit of Love within each and everyone of us that makes the difference, love Virginia xxx so from on let's focus on the force of love that can overcome all obstacles, xxx

www.cyber-nation.com .... dreams can come true so dream big ones XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx

[Martin]

The seal is more agile, can turn quickly and outmanoeuvre the shark, i.e. if you want to get away be alert, be quick, be flexible and keep cool.

[STEPHEN ROY]

I would be still. This would confuse the shark.

[Bernard Tierney]

If this ocean is populated by seals it must be in a cold region
Therefore seals can by virtue of the blubber they contain are able to stand freezing temperatures and pressures much better than sharks. With this fact in mind and being that seal I would rapidly decend to the freezing depths in a zigg-zagging fashion until I reached a depth at which the shark would be forced by cold and increasing water pressure to give up.
People are a lot like that seal
most of if not all of us possess skills and abilities that others dont .All we need to do is uncover what they are, appreaciate and love ouselves , then we are capable of loving others.

[Jeffrey Ganuelas]

Pop the shark in the nose, the most sensitive part of the shark and it will go away.

[Beth Stein]

As they say, "Keep your loved ones close, but your enemies closer..."

Swim directly underneath the shark, gaining speed on its "surf", close under the teeth. Sharks don't have the same dexterity, or the reach!

[Nancy Burke]

I rise above it - I look up at the light and go for it. I take the leap of faith out of the water and jump. My leap of faith away from my Great White and to save my life this week is quitting smoking. My quit date is this Friday, Aug. 18th, and I'm petrified. Please pray for my strength, courage, and determination. Thank you! :)

[Divakar]

I would use the intelligence given to me by god and its angels, look at the shark with bulging eyes, and just when it is about to attack me, turn around swiftly with my back towards his front and give him a good swipe on his nose with my tail becuase that's where he is most vunerable, and swim as fast as i could but he probably swim away himself because he nver expect anyone to fight back

[Mike]

I would know I couldn't run (swim) fast enough or long enough to escape. So I would have to turn and watch (in guard) to figure what to do. When approached, I'd try to maneuver out of its way and possibly strike it on its nose. This would send a lot of animals away, probably a shark as well.

Fight back, don't give up.
This also applies when one is in times of difficulities or faced with temptations.

[chris]

stay behind or under it!

[Sandy]

As I see it, the seal has no choice but to Let Go and Let God. "HE is my refuge and my strength." The best the seal can do is to swim out of the shark's line of vision and try to stay under the belly and/or behind him but being very careful and watchful that the Great White doesn't slam his huge body down ontop of the seal and injure or crush him.

[Rabeaa]

I`d do my best and trust in God. Death has to come one day or the other so, if this is how God wills, i`d not complain. However, i`d do all my by best to rescue myself.

[Nicci]

what shark?

[karen]

Total surrender, play dead. The fun for the shark is in the chase. By refusing to be part of the drama the act is over.

[Julie]

If I were this little seal faced with a whale or shark, I think I would always have to to remember my favorite verse from Isaiah 41:10, Because everywhere I go, everything I do, God is there, watching over me and taking care of me and if it is my time to go, then that time would be be sweet as well.

[Linda Hall]

Life has many "white Sharks". I have faced mine by asking God - why did you put this here in my path - what do you want me to do.
Everytime I have had to go to the hospital I found God had a mission for me to do for someone else. To council with them, to comfort them, to pray with them. Had I not had the "white shark" of illness I would never have been there at that time and place.

[Beth]

I would try to make myself look like anything BUT a seal. I would tuck my head in, pull my fins up close to my side and mimic a ball. That way, the shark may not perceive me as a seal at all and might not think I was something to eat, rather just a ball of floating junk he should pass by.

[denise]

If I were able to keep my head I would flow unconditional love to the shark and thereby connect with it. It would not see me as separate from it and to attack me would be to attack itself.
I have been able to do this with a dog attack and with and a number of horses. I addressed the higher self or addressed the God in them as we should with all people

[stephen roy]

Mike, my answer to be still is all I can think of and I imagine it as a lesson in my life. In my past I have reacted by running away. I have also not picked my battles wisely, not that I should have battled at all. I find that nearly each and every time I have brought a knife to a gun fight. I came here recently seeking another way, and yes I need another way out of my financial situation first and foremost. In that realm of thinking last Saturday I thought I would pay more atttention to my step daughter. I bought her a scooter a long while back and the tire went flat and the thing just sat for a while. So we rode around to a bunch of rv and bike shops and tire stores. All the while finances are on my mind (foreclosure on my home) (business at a standstill) etc. etc. While we were at a tire store I notices an envelope "sticking out the grill on my car". Naturally I thought it was a ticket cause that is what it looked like at first. Strange. So I pulled it from the grill and it was a envelope for the payment of a local newspaper that had somehow got into my grill. I did, I looked inside and there was 6 bucks in it. I had been asking for financial help but wow what irony. Luckily, the envelope had an address to a part of town that we had been in earlier 6 miles away so we returned it to a nice lady who told my step daughter that she had beautiful eyes. I told her that she was talking to me just for fun but nevertheless I think that I taught my daughter an important lesson about honesty and we went home with her head in the clouds bout the beautiful comment about her eyes and I fixed the scooter and we had a great day.

[Suzan]

The only way how to escape is to LET GO or Let it be. No matter No matter what the life circumstances are there is still possibility to have joy in every situation – and if there is a joy than there is a happiness and external situation disappears by itself. So if I were a seal I would be astonished by such white shark and try to play with it – no fear just pure awareness of this Great white. And be happy.
In zen we say:
The only way to be happy is now
The only way to be happy is here.
So why not be happy in the see?
Suzan