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The Main Proposal
Arceus is the "God who transcends everything", whose realm is far beyond both the infinite space (which consists of parallel universes and directions) and time and the Distortion World, which lacks time and direction.
The true form of Arceus is the Heart/Original Spirit, an all-encompassing absolute existence who gave birth to the world, both the regular world and Giratina's, through perceiving it. Within it all the people and Pokemon were the same being, they were all the same within its consciousness all possessing the same heart. Even the concepts which formed creation were mixed within itself, before it emanated them into existence. It is the primordial consciousness, that is both a part of everything and outside everything, beyond time and space, and everything material, spiritual or nonexistent. It is only through it's physical manifestation, that itself is beyond both time and space and the reach of everything else in the world, that it can see and walk the world on the same level as it's inhabitants.
The Original Spirit and Chaos
When talking about Arceus their are actual few mentions of it in the primary canon, mostly restricted to the Canalave Library myth, the engravings on the Plates, and the myth given by the Miner when you show them Arceus. However, withe appearance of Arceus in Legends: Arceus we were shown that those myths weren't just stories but contained actual factual evidence. However, despite this fact they are still presented as myths and so are poetic in nature and what they say can be up to interpretation, which is why the further explain the nature of Arceus I will give my own understanding of these myths based on the context of me being knowledge on the Pokemon series.
Now when reading this particular text it seems as if it only talks about the Original One, and isn't too relevant to Arceus' true form. However, I'd like to point to the line:
A heart where all things are one, this is similar description to the descriptions given of Arceus' true form as all-encompassing shared heart of people and Pokemon which gave birth to the world and the Original One. Through this understanding it can be read that the chaos is actually a metaphor for Arceus' true form, with the egg and tumbling from the chaos being a metaphorical description of Arceus creating it's avatar within the lower world it will soon create.
The "Birth" of the Original Spirit
The first quote talks about how the spirit was born and this gave awareness leading to the world's creation, but I'd like to point out another point where Arceus and perception a linked together.
As for the second quote I reference this, the second of which comes from Arceus' Plates:
As well as the Hiker's own mussing on the subject:
So when it talks about the spirit being born, it's talking about it's creation of the Original One and through this avatar it gained a new awareness of the world, through seeing it how the people and Pokemon will see it in the future when they dwell in the world, and through this the creation of the world. Thus the spirit was never created or experience any actual change itself.
Conclusion
I think that the Original Spirit should be Tier 0 it's nature of being the almighty all-encompassing deity that is transcendent of everything, existing both within and outside all things. Though it should get at least 1-A if this isn't considered enough.
Meanwhile, the Original One should get a additional Possibly Low 1-A tier for having created it's realm that is beyond dimensions.
Arceus is the "God who transcends everything", whose realm is far beyond both the infinite space (which consists of parallel universes and directions) and time and the Distortion World, which lacks time and direction.
The true form of Arceus is the Heart/Original Spirit, an all-encompassing absolute existence who gave birth to the world, both the regular world and Giratina's, through perceiving it. Within it all the people and Pokemon were the same being, they were all the same within its consciousness all possessing the same heart. Even the concepts which formed creation were mixed within itself, before it emanated them into existence. It is the primordial consciousness, that is both a part of everything and outside everything, beyond time and space, and everything material, spiritual or nonexistent. It is only through it's physical manifestation, that itself is beyond both time and space and the reach of everything else in the world, that it can see and walk the world on the same level as it's inhabitants.
The Original Spirit and Chaos
When talking about Arceus their are actual few mentions of it in the primary canon, mostly restricted to the Canalave Library myth, the engravings on the Plates, and the myth given by the Miner when you show them Arceus. However, withe appearance of Arceus in Legends: Arceus we were shown that those myths weren't just stories but contained actual factual evidence. However, despite this fact they are still presented as myths and so are poetic in nature and what they say can be up to interpretation, which is why the further explain the nature of Arceus I will give my own understanding of these myths based on the context of me being knowledge on the Pokemon series.
Now when reading this particular text it seems as if it only talks about the Original One, and isn't too relevant to Arceus' true form. However, I'd like to point to the line:
A heart where all things are one, this is similar description to the descriptions given of Arceus' true form as all-encompassing shared heart of people and Pokemon which gave birth to the world and the Original One. Through this understanding it can be read that the chaos is actually a metaphor for Arceus' true form, with the egg and tumbling from the chaos being a metaphorical description of Arceus creating it's avatar within the lower world it will soon create.
The "Birth" of the Original Spirit
Now these two quotes seem to suggest that the Original Spirit is not an eternal being that always existed, but actual came into being. I however think this surface level interpretation is not the actual meaning of what is being said, instead of talking about the creation of the Original Spirit it is instead talking about it's metaphorical birth into the world it created.
The first quote talks about how the spirit was born and this gave awareness leading to the world's creation, but I'd like to point out another point where Arceus and perception a linked together.
This is what Arceus says when it gives the trainer in Legends Arceus it's avatar. It uses the avatar to see the world in a difference perspective, to gain awareness of the world from the view of the people and Pokemon.
As for the second quote I reference this, the second of which comes from Arceus' Plates:
As well as the Hiker's own mussing on the subject:
So when it talks about the spirit being born, it's talking about it's creation of the Original One and through this avatar it gained a new awareness of the world, through seeing it how the people and Pokemon will see it in the future when they dwell in the world, and through this the creation of the world. Thus the spirit was never created or experience any actual change itself.
Conclusion
I think that the Original Spirit should be Tier 0 it's nature of being the almighty all-encompassing deity that is transcendent of everything, existing both within and outside all things. Though it should get at least 1-A if this isn't considered enough.
Meanwhile, the Original One should get a additional Possibly Low 1-A tier for having created it's realm that is beyond dimensions.
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