Ramesh Gupya
Ramesh Gupya asked Vironika Tugaleva:

What is the source of guilt?

Vironika Tugaleva Generally speaking, guilt is a thought process, so the source of guilty thoughts is the mind. If you are asking about the origins of guilty thoughts, then those can be numerous. Sometimes, they come from parents. Sometimes, religious doctrine. Other times, they come from watching some movie in childhood. I think the original source is, in the end, not important. The important thing is to know that guilty thoughts are mental patterns, and all mental patterns can be observed, questioned, and changed (slowly and lovingly).

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