OK, so one day, I'm feeling a little sluggish and hungover, so I went to Whole Foods to indulge in a bottle of ginger kombucha. Across from the $5 drink section, the exotic tropical fruits were looking at me, and on sale. $1.80/lb for papaya? My conscious struggled between the sudden desire to taste something I hadn't had since I lived in Thailand, and throwing my money towards Guatamalan produce and all the fossil fuels it took to get it in front of me. "gggguuuhhAHHHHHHH! OK! I'LL BUY ONE!"
I went home, stretched, and the papaya sat and ripened on my windowsill until one morning, I was craving post-morning-sex fruit. After my boyfriend left the apartment, I hacked open the huge fruit only to discover the most shocking visual experience I'd had in a long time! The contrast of the overly abundant black seeds to the soft and sensual yellow-orange flesh was astounding. I ate spoonful-by-spoonful until satisfied, instinctually feeling like I should save the seeds in a jar. They simply seemed so precious. This one morning meal made me feel so ecstatic that I resolved to eat nothing but papaya for several more days! Below are my findings.
I ended up eating nothing but papaya for almost 5 days, but by day 4 , I was battling with the imbalances with greens and fats that were starting to prevail throughout my body. But until then, my discoveries with papaya were fascinating.
First of all, reminiscent of the melon family, papayas are of course incredibly cleansing for the digestive system. They contain an enzyme called papain, which is strong enough to break apart various types of protein completely on its own. After eating papaya for 3 days, I felt so light and airy that it was a spiritual experience; I was actually having trouble keeping myself grounded. I felt as though my intestines, my blood, and my skin and eyes were so clear that I felt vulnerable to the toxic society we live in. If you are having digestive issues, please, for God's sake, eat a papaya (or at least take a papain supplement).
My dreams were lucid while eating nothing but papaya. They are consistently semi-lucid when I am on any fruit feast, but my dreams were especially vivid during my papaya experiences. Even more amazingly, I was able to solve a couple of old emotional problems in my dreams, and truly reach into the corners of my subconscious and teach my mind how to be more wholesome and healthy.
Last but not least, in full transparency, I was horny as hell. If any ladies out there are feeling uninspired, unattractive, unattracted to their significant other, etc etc etc, I wish for them to find papaya magic. Period.
And speaking of periods, did you know that papaya seeds are used as a contraceptive in South America? Personally, I'll stick to my tried-and-true methods, but isn't that crazy?
OK, more on the papaya seeds in the next post.
