a wise passiveness contemplation contemplative life do-nothing policy do-nothingism do-nothingness dormancy idleness immobility inaction inactivity indolence inertia inertness laissez-aller laissez-faire laissez-faireism meditation neutralism neutrality neutralness noninvolvement nonresistance nonviolence nonviolent resistance pacifism paralysis passive resistance passive self-annihilation passiveness passivism passivity policy procrastination quiescence quietism stagnancy stagnation standpattism stasis vegetation vita contemplativa waiting game watching and waiting