Guilt is almost always a result of a compromised retraction ability, or simply, we can say that a person is not born with guilt. There are circumstances or conditions (even events) that are the root cause. Basically, these sources exist in nature, but the retraction ability that is naturally maintained shields their effect, though only up to a limit. If we artificially create more and more sources or simply exaggerate the effect of already present sources, then this leads to a compromise in the retraction ability and eventually results in the occurrence of a guilt.
So, what actually is this source? In fact, there is no hard and fast rule to determine it, as any condition or circumstance that leads towards the guilt is actually the source, and its determination is done from case to case.
From Determining the source of a guilt.
