Ep 15: Shweta Singh Kirti: Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister on 'Pain'

Dec 8, 2023 · 1h 15m 45s

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“Earlier, we were separated, now he has become me, there is no division,” says https://www.instagram.com/shwetasinghkirti/?hl=en of her brother, the actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who passed away allegedly by suicide in...

“Earlier, we were separated, now he has become me, there is no division,” says Shweta Singh Kirti of her brother, the actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who passed away allegedly by suicide in 2020 at the age of 34 in the public eye. California-based Shweta, who has written the book ‘Pain: A Portal to Enlightenment’, published by Penguin Ebury Press as a part of her “universal responsibility” to those grappling with grief, believes that while pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

This was, however, not her first brush with death, which she encountered on the passing of her older sister as a child and her mother, when Shweta was still a student. In this chat, she talks about her being a spiritual seeker since the age of eight, deepening her practices through the works of Ramana Maharshi and regular solitary retreats to deal with the physical manifestation of grief. She also talks about how being the fifth daughter in a family craving a boy, though much-loved, led to her immense yearning and unconditional love for God. Her message for Sushant’s fans? A simple heartfelt thanks.

Shweta runs Damara Kids, an endeavour focused on teaching mindfulness and meditation to children. Listen in!

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Chapters:
00:40 Starting with a chant
01:53 Memories of Sushant, the curiosity and purity he stood for
05:30 Remembering “Bobby di”, a first encounter with grief
08:00 On losing her mom; a vision of ‘Ma Kali’
10:00 Opening up to a non-material world; deeping her spiritual practices
15:20 A premonition about Sushant’s death; getting the tragic news
18:30 Dealing with the public grief
21:20 Taking solitary retreats; writing her book as “universal responsibility”
28:12 How grief feels physically
29:53 Experience of Vipassana and solitary retreats at Land of Calm Abiding at Ragged Point
34:15 Stay in the awareness of ‘You are not this identity’; loss is like losing a limb
35:50 Seeing guided visions to “heal ancestral trauma”
41:00 Treating yourself with loving kindness
41:50 Attachment vs detachment; experiencing pure ecstasy of awareness
45:00 Explaining awareness sans name, form and function
51:00 Beng born the fifth girl child, craving unconditional love
57:34 Spiritual experience at Dakshineshwar Temple
59:30 What God means for her
01:01:50 Importance of a spiritual guru; a closeness to Lord Krishna
01:04:00 Rainbow body of Tibetan Buddhism
01:08:08 Conscious parenting and taking to her kids about Sushant’s death
01:10:50 Finding closure after her brother’s death
01:12:45 “Bhai has not gone anywhere, he’s living in me”
01:14:35 A thank you for Sushant’s fans

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