Why I Address You "Embodiments Of The Divine"!
You ask from Me a thousand things of the world, but rarely do you ask for 'Me'. That is why I seldom address you as bhaktas (devotees). I usually address you as Divyaatma swarupulaara (embodiments of the Divine), for that is your real swarupa, this Divyatvam (Divinity). Though you do not know it, it is a fact. Therefore, I can address you so with confidence. I can even call you Divya-divya swarupulaara, but as for bhakti, since it is the quality that will make you desire the Lord and nothing else, I find you cannot lay claim to it.
(4.2.1963)
(Extract from : 'God Lives In Prashanti Nilayam')
