It is impossible to survive the real joke. The Laughter is going to destroy you completely. The laughter is something that is going to destroy you completely. The real laughter is very destructive, it is a crucifixion. But only after this destruction is there creation. Only after chaos are stars born and only after crucifixion is there resurrection.
No, you will not be able to survive a real laughter. If you really allow it, you will be drowned by it, you will disappear and only laughter will remain. If you laugh then the laughter is not total. When there is only laughter and you are not, then it is total. And only then have you heard the joke that God is telling.
Yes this whole cosmos is a joke; Hindu calls it a Leela. It is a joke, it is a play. And the day that you understand then you start laughing, and the laughing never stops it goes on and on. It spreads all over the cosmos.
laughter is prayer. If you can laugh you have learned how to pray. Don't be serious; a serious person can never be religious. Only a person who can laugh, not only at others but at himself also, can be religious. A person who can laugh absolutely, who sees the whole ridiculousness and the whole game of life, becomes enlightened in that laughter.
NO if you have heard the joke you cannot survive. If you have not heard, then it is very unfortunate because you will survive.