Yoga Vashishtha, is a conversation between Shri Rama and Maharishi Vashishtha. Shri Rama asks a similar question to which Maharishi Vashishtha responds.
Rama asked:
Lord, why do we not see many of these liberated sages traversing the
sky now?
Vashishtha replied:
Flying in the sky and other powers are natural to some beings, O Rama.
The extraordinary powers and faculties which are observed in this
world are natural to those beings - not to sages of self-knowledge.
Supernatural faculties (like flying in the air) are developed by even
those who are devoid of self-knowledge or liberation, by the
utilisation of certain substances or by certain practices. All this
does not interest the man of self-knowledge who is utterly content in
himself. They who, in pursuit of pleasures, acquire these powers
tainted by ignorance, are surely full of ignorance; the sages of
self-knowledge do not adopt such a course.
Whether one is a knower of truth or ignorant of it, powers like flying
in the air accrue to one who engages himself in some practices. But
the sage of self-knowledge has no desire to acquire these. These
practices bestow their fruit on anyone, for such is their nature.
Poison kills all, wine intoxicates all, even so these practices bring
about the ability to fly etc., but they who have attained the supreme
self-knowledge are not interested in these, O Rama. They are gained
only by those who are full of desires; but the sage is free from the
least desire for anything. Self-knowledge is the greatest gain; how
does the sage of self-knowledge entertain any desire for anything
else?
Reference used: http://www.estudantedavedanta.net/The-Supreme-Yoga-Swami-Venkatesananda.pdf