In the recently discovered Gospel According to Thomas,
Jesus describes this process in the following manner.

     "Let him who seeks, not cease seeking until
he finds, and when he finds, he will be troubled,
and when  he has been troubled,  he will marvel
and he will reign over the All."
                                              (Guillaumont, p. 3)

     In a similar manner, Carl Jung discusses in his psycho-
logical commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower
the challenges of growing self-awareness:

     "The  way  is  not without danger. Everything
good  is  costly,  and   the  development  of  the
personality  is  one  of  the  most  costly  of  all
things. It is a question of yea-saying to oneself,
of  taking oneself  to  the most serious of tasks,
of being conscious of everything one does, and
keeping  it  constantly before  one's  eyes  in all
dubious  aspects—truly  a  task that  taxes  us to
the utmost ..."
                                              (Wilhelm, p. 95)

     I  have  to  admit  that  the truth has seemed to trouble
me  more  than  free me.  I  guess  the  promise  is  yet to
come.
     Since the inception of lucidity into my dream life, the
lucid  dream  has  clearly  evolved in a specific direction-
toward  a  closer  relationship  to  the inner  Light.  Many
times has it presented itself, but never have  I  received it
fully. I have begun to regard lucidity as a platform within
the  dream  upon  which  I  can  become  receptive to this
Light.  During the first lucid dreams,  I  was not aware of
this opportunity.  But gradually,  a  light  began  to appear
in my dreams which  I  at first  mistook  for  a bright star,
the  moon  or  the  sun.  Usually  bright white in color,  it
would suddenly appear hovering above me and increasing
in intensity. One of the first such dreams is as follows:

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