HOW TO RELATE TO GOYIM [#18734]

I live in America, and when I walk by goyim in the street I try to smile at them and I will think of them as being created in the image of G-d. I do this because of darkei shalom (to have peaceful relations) but I also think to myself that I am trying to be unified with all of Creation, to reveal G-dliness on the world and reveal the light of equality (hishtavus) on the world. Am I having the right perspective, or do I need to change my hashkafah of how I should relate to the goyim around me? 2) Just like it is forbidden to have any form of connection to Erev Rav, as the Rav explains, does the same also apply to all other goyim (for example, living in America amongst goyim), who are part of Esav? 3) Many times when I see a goy who is sad I want in my heart for him to be happy. I feel this towards Jews as well but I also feel this towards goyim. I want them to have a good life and I don’t want to see them sad. I just feel compassion in my heart towards the goyim who don’t have good lives. I also want to shine the light of G-dliness upon them, and especially because the Rav mentions the concept of “loving the entire Creation”. Do I need to change the attitude and the way I relate towards goyim? This is especially because the Sefer HaBris says that it’s forbidden to hate a gentile simply for being gentiles, and to the contrary, we must love them, especially those who are decent. Others will say that you should feel dislike and disgust towards them. Certainly I find their lives to be disgusting in my eyes, but because there is a concept of loving the entire Creation, I want to feel connected to them inwardly because I am supposed to love the entire Creation, and because I want the level of the future to shine even now. Is this the right perspective or not? Much thanks to the Rav for all of the purity and holiness that the Rav constantly gives my soul through all of the shiurim and sefarim and all of the guidance through these responses.

There is an inner perspective of unifying with all of Creation, but this can only be an inner perspective, and it is not meant to be practiced outwardly. Outwardly, the souls of gentiles are connected at their root to the three impenetrable kelipos (husks), and therefore looking at their faces and certainly feeling an inner connection to them is dangerous, because it connects you to their tumah. Therefore, it is only rare individuals who can remain very deeply connected to their inner spiritual self, attached to the Torah and to Hashem, who are able to sometimes connect with gentiles. And even then, they need to cleanse themselves afterwards, disconnecting from any traces of tumah which may have become attached to their souls. But most people need to disconnect in their souls (emotional disconnection) from goyim, except for rare circumstances where they may allow this connection. This is very hard for people with a very loving and compassionate nature, to do.
Chazal teach that we must be the first to initiate a greeting for each person. Since there is darkei shalom, the need to live peacefully with the other nations of the world, one needs to greet every person he meets, Jew or non-Jew. This was how the Sages conducted themselves, always being the first to greet any goyim that they met. However, the souls of the “Erev Rav” are worse than all other gentile souls. This is because they are the roots of tumah, and we should not have any connection with them at all, as much as possible.
There is no need to hate a gentile, unless he is in the category of “Those who hate Hashem, I will hate.” But it is dangerous to reveal any love towards a gentile, as explained above.