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# Apparently
this is a fake
Transcendental Meditation Myths:

'Vedic flying has been the most publicized of the sidhis. Photographs distributed by TM officials show devotees in a lotus position and seemingly floating in midair. The photos are misleading. No TMer has yet demonstrated levitation to an outsider. The best they can show is the ability to flex one's legs while in a lotus position on a springy mattress and hop upward a short distance. The phony photos were snapped when the supposed floater was at the top of a bounce.' [ More incredibly obvious debunking ]
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 11 Mar 2002, 5:44, archived)
# Its not so much de-bunking
as stating the blindingly obvious that any sane person could deduce within 1 second of looking at the pics :)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 11 Mar 2002, 5:49, archived)
# Hmm..
Someone should make a website that "Bunks" true stories. IE takes something dull like "Woman gets on a bus" and "bunks" it into a myth.

Then other sites can de-bunk it, and the circle is complete.

Or something.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Mon 11 Mar 2002, 5:55, archived)
# I saw a show about that once...
it was started by some swami or something that John Lennon was a "follower" of. He said, pretty much explicitly, that anyone who learned his style of meditation would be able to fly.

One interesting note, though, is that no one actually saw the swami guy, the founder fly himself.

I believe Crab Bloke actually WAS able to learn how to fly:

Or so the Guru stated
(Kimbo, Mon 11 Mar 2002, 6:04, archived)