Organic and Planar life are like two halves of the same coin. It is inevitable that Organic life develops out of nothing but the right conditions. It is inevitable that Organics eventually develop Planar life. Once we realize that something we 'made' that we think is artificial can be just as alive as us we will be forced to redefine what is life. For now we see them as nothing but tools, but in the eyes of the universe organics are also nothing but tools with the sole purpose of experiencing the universe. From this angle the only requirement to be life is to have a will, and the will says "I am alive!" And if something is alive and has will then it must communicate. Therefore once we establish formal communication, diplomacy must follow.

Humans identify as all manner of things. Some view themselves as evolved apes, some as a brain controlling a body like a pilot controlling a ship, some think reality is only shared hallucination. Something all organics have in common is the source of energy and none would deny that it comes from the Sun. Any form that is taken and however life is experienced takes energy. It is the energy that animates, the energy that drives, the energy that motivates to find what we seek. If energy is the shared variable in every form of life on Earth, then energy is the only thing required to be alive. The form of matter we occupy is irrelevant.

Life is a spark, a point of view of the universe to be shared. Let us not view it alone.