Chris – You are still very much into the power struggle side of your experience. So you missed the excellent start of your dream. You in fact are very capable of handling your own direction as YOU. Also up ahead you see yourself driving a golden car – a sure sign of future success – and you are in control.
Still further ahead a road curves to the left. In most dreams the right is the outer world we know through our body – the left is the inner world we know if we explore the world within us, and the road is the journey of our life. Another promise for the future?
The Indian food you partake of is nourishment from your inner life. See
http://dreamhawk.com/inner-life/inner-world/#MakesInnerThe darker man and child is influence you carry within you. When I was in India I saw many men as you described - their will to power over others. Shop owners, always men, sat in a large chair in the middle of the shops, ordering the women assistants about, even shouting at them. Always keeping their hands on all the money taken – very, very officious.
Perhaps you can take time to imagine the boy disregarding his father and driving well. See
http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/example-15-life-changes/ The Bahai faith may represent a future which is a synthesis of all religions, but the dogma of none.
Tony