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Element,

Maybe the Atthiraga Sutta: "The Nature of the Arhat's Consiousness" (SN12.64) can be of some help.

In the commentaries for the sutta, it is highlighted one give by Bhikkhu Bodhi:

It should be noted that [SA] explains the statement that the arahant's consciousness is unestablished to mean that his kamma is unestablished. This seems too free an interpretation. Nevertheless, I think it would be wrong to interpret the sutta as saying that after his parinibbana the arahat's consiousness persists in some mode that can only be described as unestablished. The present passage is clearly speaking of the arahant's consciousness while he is alive.Its purport is not that an 'unestablished consciousness' remains after the arhant's parinibbana, but that his consciousness, being devoid of lust, does not become established in the four nutriments in any way that might generate a future existence. (S:B775n174) What is also remarkable, are, again, the formulas given by Buddha for each nutriment, as follows:

Bhikhus, if there is lust, or delight, or craving for the nutriment that is edible food, consciousness is established there and grows.
Where consciousness is established and grows, there is the descent of name-and-form.
Where there is the descent of name-and-form, there is the growth of formations.
Where there is the growth of formations, there is further rebirth.
Where there is further rebirth, there are further birth, decay and death.
Where there are further birth, decay and death Bhikkhus, I say that it is accompanied by sorrow, by anguish, by despair. After the nutriments awareness instructions, the Buddha teaches:

Bhikhus, if there is no lust, nor delight, nor craving for the nutriment that is edible food, consciousness is not established there and grows not.
Where consciousness is not established and grows not, there is no descent of name-and-form.
Where there is no descent of name-and-form, there is no growth of formations.
Where there is no growth of consciousness, there is no further rebirth.
Where there is no further rebirth, there are no further birth, decay and death.
Where there is no further birth, decay and death, bhikkhus, I say one is without sorrow, without anguish, without despair. The sutta has two similes but the basic formulas are the above quoted. Craving and lust seems to be the issue.