Java Pausing Abilities

Answer:
You really cannot avoid using threads in Java because the Java virtual machine automatically starts at least two separate threads. One thread is the low priority garbage collection thread and the other thread is the one that runs your main program. Graphical programs may automatically start a third or even additional threads to manage the GUI.

To pause your program for a specified amount of time, all you have to do is call the static method Thread.sleep(), which will suspend the calling thread for the specified number of milliseconds. To pause your program indefinitely, you must get a handle to the main thread and call its suspend() method. You can then resume the thread at a later time by calling the resume() method from a separate thread.