So it sounds like you are beginning your initiation.
Maturation depends on our crossing an impossible threshold.
One place we start, work on, or finish our initiation is in our dreams. They often give us a map of the territory we are facing. The dream is showing that you are doing well for a beginner, that you are up to the task, that you have a heoric guide, and that trouble is all around. It wouldn't be real if it weren't frought with danger. And then during your second dream you have the beetle show up.