Cells communicate through their own language of chemical signals. Different compounds, such as hormones and neurotransmitters, act like words and phrases, telling a cell about the environment around it or communicating messages.
A pyramid of energy can never be inverted because energy decreases by tenfold each level. This can't be reversed because energy can't just increase by tenfold. It has to come from somewhere.
Cells, the basic unit of life, are derived from spontaneous generation.