‘Let the dead bury their own dead.’

"Do your best to consider only people’s divine nature, their soul
and spirit; it is this nature you must serve. Don’t concern
yourself with satisfying the whims of their limited, selfish
lower nature. You will say, ‘Yes, but if I don’t give in to
people’s wishes at home, or among my friends or at work, I will
cause nothing but upset.’ Let them be annoyed; continue to love
and serve only their divine aspect!
Jesus said, ‘Let the dead bury their own dead.’ How should these
words be interpreted? What are these dead? They are in fact
people’s lower nature. The lower nature, the personality, should
be classed with the dead, and if we try so hard to please and
satisfy all its whims, we ourselves end up dying. Jesus did not
mean the dead in the cemeteries; they are where they should be,
and only their bodies are dead, while their soul is alive. The
dead Jesus speaks of are people who have no spiritual life,
because they give in too much to their lower nature, and you must
not waste your time and energy pleasing them."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov