The personal accounts of floating are very real with me. AriG, Running Dear, Valerie and all recount the joy that accompanies the experiences.
The African shaman video is funny and it most accurately resembles someone being suspended underneath his robe by a jockstrap and accidentally being cornholi-O'd by the wires pulling from underneath and up the back, all the while desperately trying to keep his balance. Do we see any joy in this poor fella's face? That's one of many red flags in this video:
Only performing levitation at night.
Poor lighting of the event.
And all of the shaking we see......
It does not look that way when it's real. In the video we see his balance point is at waist height. His torso remains stiff while his legs twist from side to side as he tries to hide the contraption suspending him by his stressed out goolies. We've seen this before with many a modern magician attempting to keep their cool. At least their straps and suspension systems are more like a climbing/safety harness than a ball busting, neutering contraption. His collapse at the end of the stunt is quite understandable.
Milarepa, the well known Tibetan teacher, poet and transcendent yogi, was witnessed by many in his time for flying, instead of walking. More convenient, better views, much more fun. His story is an excellent chronicle of changing your life circumstances when facing the truth of how your actions affect others, then inspiring others to live a much more enjoyable life. With his focus on loving and the natural power it brings, even in self defense, he proved it's value in contrast to acting out in anger.
Floating is a joy. Flying, however, has not been safe for a while, what with weapons that can reach the ones flying. Besides, most here don't need to show the flying unless they can share some of the "how to do it" instructions.