I think you might find the works of Rupert Sheldrake to be insightful in the areas of thought discussed here. His work on Morphogenetic Fields (or Morphic Fields) is quite profound, and speaks volumes to the concepts of an extended entity or singularity. While controversial for several decades already, there is substantial experimental evidence to support the theories. I suspect that the theories, experiments, etc. in his work could provide further inspirations and ideas for your own. I would be curious to know if any of you have stumbled across his work already.