Gateway: Mouth of Shesha

Āvāz has referred to this technique as being forbidden for Soen to use, but he has used the technique in front of Soen. Due to Āvāz's contract with Soen, the spirit couldn't leave him until he had achieved Siddha status. When Soen had questioned the origins of Āvāz, he explained that he came from the "subterranean heavens", or the, the third level of the universe. Soen had never heard of this realm before, but left the topic in the air. After attaining more knowledge of the three levels, Soen was taught the technique, the opening to the Patala Realm. After placing their hands on the ground, the user overloads the earth with yin energy, which causes a portion of the earth to lose it's physical form. Āvāz has stated that to secure the passage to Patala, one must be completely focused on the task at hand, or else the path will destabilize and lose both physical and spiritual energy, becoming akin to a.