De:a:th arrives unannounced. Sometimes it enters the home so silently that even the air seems to change. Suddenly, the room where someone breathed, laughed, and prayed becomes still, as if time has stood still. Faced with this stillness, a question arises that many feel, but few voice aloud:
Is it possible to sleep in the bed of someone who has passed away?
Is it dangerous? Is it disrespectful? Does something of their soul remain “attached” to that place?
These fears are human. They don’t stem from absurd superstitions, but from love. When we lose someone dear, everything they touched becomes sacred. The bed where they rested seems to hold an echo of their presence, and the heart hesitates between approaching it or avoiding it.
But before being afraid, it’s important to understand where the soul of the deceased truly resides.
The soul is not trapped in the house.
One of the most common fears after a loss is feeling that the spirit continues to haunt the room. It’s perceived in the silence, in a scent, in a piece of clothing. But these sensations don’t come from the soul of the deceased… but from the love we still hold.
Scripture says it clearly:
“The body returns to the earth, and the spirit returns to God who gave it” (Ecclesiastes 12:7).
A loved one isn’t trapped in the pillow, the furniture, or the bed. The spirit doesn’t wander from room to room. It isn’t suspended between this world and the next.
Whoever dies returns to God.
And in that encounter there is peace, not shadows.
So, what do we feel?
